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i first of i guess i came up with this idea when i was writing a blog post which i blog at "foreign policy" magazine but i came up with is in the august 2009. there was a vivid came in treating zombies as a disease pathogen and concluding along with most zombie films and less is why to immediately, zombies will eventually destroy civilization as we know it. i wrote sort of a joking blog post. it generated a lot of interesting responses. so i decided wait, this might be a useful exercise. it might be a useful way for students to get a bite into the international relations and. so i figured i would start writing this book. i pitched it to university press and they were interested. the first time i started writing it though i hit a brick wall because i felt like milton berle in front of the keyboard. the jokes were too jokey. it was too obvious and i felt like -- trying to make people laugh and that was right. until i bought at the graceland anecdote, that's too big a moment i was done on trying to figure out how to write this, my editor said look, don't wait this will work is if you write as
i first of i guess i came up with this idea when i was writing a blog post which i blog at "foreign policy" magazine but i came up with is in the august 2009. there was a vivid came in treating zombies as a disease pathogen and concluding along with most zombie films and less is why to immediately, zombies will eventually destroy civilization as we know it. i wrote sort of a joking blog post. it generated a lot of interesting responses. so i decided wait, this might be a useful...
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of the country and at least in its diplomacy is not a foreign policy. >> yes? >> okay, i will comment. >> all right, thank you so much. thank you for this interesting talk. with the presence of this in the energy industry, are we concerned that over the long-term we have sought diversity in the economy that we have become so dependent upon, particularly that of natural gas. and so much that it seems to be changing in the energy industry with unconditional sources of energy becoming more fruitful. are we concerned that the recent success in excluding those natural resources might become less of this? >> there is a rhetoric and there is a reality. a rhetoric is that we are trying to foster a knowledge-based economy and so the new buzzword, the last two years the buzzword has been a knowledge-based economy in preparation for this. and a knowledge-based economy is great. it sounds very exciting and interesting and it doesn't, at least in the political system, and a fundamentally based economy, it is far from reality. the actual reality is that what qatar is trying
of the country and at least in its diplomacy is not a foreign policy. >> yes? >> okay, i will comment. >> all right, thank you so much. thank you for this interesting talk. with the presence of this in the energy industry, are we concerned that over the long-term we have sought diversity in the economy that we have become so dependent upon, particularly that of natural gas. and so much that it seems to be changing in the energy industry with unconditional sources of energy...
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>> hedging is a gamble and risky foreign policy. in addition to what you mentioned, a month ago, somebody put a sign on the qatar's airways office at the trip of the airport saying we don't want you, go away. and the airways jet wasn't allowed to land in triply and had to go to alexandrialexandri and land. it has taken a back-seat in syria in relation to saudi arabia and the government of egypt, talk about a slap in the face, returned to qatar $2 billion to qatar that they had given in the form of long-term loans and grants to the egyptian government. so the question is whether or not qatar's hedging strategy has failed -- i am not sure. it could have failed/backfired. i think these are setbacks. my hunch is that the in the long term they have positioned themselves. the creation of condition is one thing to keep in mind. the creation of overall condition that become involved. you might take hits in the short term and these examples could be a couple short term hedges qatar is suffering. i am reluctant to say these a arepart of the s
>> hedging is a gamble and risky foreign policy. in addition to what you mentioned, a month ago, somebody put a sign on the qatar's airways office at the trip of the airport saying we don't want you, go away. and the airways jet wasn't allowed to land in triply and had to go to alexandrialexandri and land. it has taken a back-seat in syria in relation to saudi arabia and the government of egypt, talk about a slap in the face, returned to qatar $2 billion to qatar that they had given in...
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ot about foreign policy and crisis management and international relations from academics but you can also learn quite a bit from one real world experience and investing judas changing seemingly chaotic world we that we live i would argue that we need more folks in the positions of leadership that has experience in a more dangerous and sensitive regions of the globe. in making national security decisions, local culture matters. >> next on booktv, "after words." correspondent and marine infantry officer david morris sits down with iraq war veteran and iran corporation k-kilo williams. the two talk about the history of post traumatic stress disorder and the 27 million americans including david morris himself who currently suffer from ptsd. she's also the author of plenty of time when we get home love and recovery in the aftermath of war. >> i'm a combat veteran of the iraq war and the combat wounded veteran. my second book plenty of time when we get home of the recovery in the aftermath of war calls my family's journey after my husband sustained dramatic brain injury and subsequently de
ot about foreign policy and crisis management and international relations from academics but you can also learn quite a bit from one real world experience and investing judas changing seemingly chaotic world we that we live i would argue that we need more folks in the positions of leadership that has experience in a more dangerous and sensitive regions of the globe. in making national security decisions, local culture matters. >> next on booktv, "after words." correspondent and...
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foreign policy? >> sinnott about how the western border doherty nations would be involved but just the egyptian? >> yes. >> i think it would unquestionably be the top one and we have seen as the other panelists have said some inconsistencies in the statement coming from the top brotherhood people which might indicate a certain level of being deceitful or on the other hand some people make them out to be so different voices within but arguably we would be the first when it comes to foreign policy. intelligence sharing with be the second issue that comes to mind. the relationship between the egyptian and american intelligence i suspect wouldn't be as it was in the past under the brotherhood influence government. that is the second that comes to mind. >> if i could just add some specificity we tend to view the question of egypt as a black-and-white they keep the peace or don't but it's actually far more detailed. yes they will probably keep the peace but the security on the gaza border would be changed,
foreign policy? >> sinnott about how the western border doherty nations would be involved but just the egyptian? >> yes. >> i think it would unquestionably be the top one and we have seen as the other panelists have said some inconsistencies in the statement coming from the top brotherhood people which might indicate a certain level of being deceitful or on the other hand some people make them out to be so different voices within but arguably we would be the first when it...
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it's not a foreign policy. [laughter]
it's not a foreign policy. [laughter]
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now, another difference between secretary clinton and myself is the issue of foreign policy. i listened to what george w. bush had to say in 2002,. [booing] i didn't believe him. i voted against the war in iraq. [cheering] secretary clinton, then u.s. senator from new york, heard the same information, she vote for the war in iraq. [booing] i have opposed every one of e dithesstrous trade agreements, nafta. normal trade relations with china that have cost us billions of decent-paying jobs. secretary clinton has supported virtually all of them. so we've got some very real differences. this campaign is listening to our brothers and sisters in the latino community. [cheering] what they are telling me is that with 11 million undocumented people in this country, they are tired of living in the shadows, tired of being exploited, tying of living in fear. they want and i want comprehensive immigration reform and a path towards citizenship. [cheering] and if congress does not do its job, i will use all of the executive powers of the presidency in order to make that happen. [cheering] b
now, another difference between secretary clinton and myself is the issue of foreign policy. i listened to what george w. bush had to say in 2002,. [booing] i didn't believe him. i voted against the war in iraq. [cheering] secretary clinton, then u.s. senator from new york, heard the same information, she vote for the war in iraq. [booing] i have opposed every one of e dithesstrous trade agreements, nafta. normal trade relations with china that have cost us billions of decent-paying jobs....
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in sort of the foreign policy acting part of it in the white house that she is not actually the borders were in charge of dealing with the actual crossings in the issue of the children showing up. what particularly as interesting as those euros that we talked about earlierin with mexico and central american countries, to deploy their own law enforcement resources to hinder those folks making this journey in the white house said that those negotiations have been going on in the ambassadors tenure. it was an interesting sort of take on good work ambassador to prepare sleep party to. >> up next the democrats line. guest:. hello. i'm curious, i know people seem to hate be heading north to the united states. any of these people heading to the south countries and because this is an international problem. are these any of the country taking these people. it will sorry for them and i wish we could take everybody in the world but this could nigeria or uganda or the spring every bit here. but to the extent that we are going to lose our country if we keep bringing in more and more people that we d
in sort of the foreign policy acting part of it in the white house that she is not actually the borders were in charge of dealing with the actual crossings in the issue of the children showing up. what particularly as interesting as those euros that we talked about earlierin with mexico and central american countries, to deploy their own law enforcement resources to hinder those folks making this journey in the white house said that those negotiations have been going on in the ambassadors...
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but then after i wrote that book on the foreign policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall and realized there was a huge curiosity about how the wall came down, once i decided to actually write this book, then i went back to germany for more targeted interview ises. so i did about 50 interviews, and they're listed in the book. but then in the final phase when you're just sitting down and writing, it's great to have both a great library, which harvard's widener library is, and it's also great to have really smart people around to discuss your ideas, to show drafts to, to share concepts. .. last question who wants the last question. >> if no one else has one my question wasn't apparently clear. i was interested in how the people who were pressing to the border crossings, how they knew about each other's activities and successes at other border crossings? i don't know if you spoke to back. >> there are two ways that happened. first is the sheer side size of the crossing becomes very large and people can see that with their own eyes. by that point that herald editor opens up you ha
but then after i wrote that book on the foreign policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall and realized there was a huge curiosity about how the wall came down, once i decided to actually write this book, then i went back to germany for more targeted interview ises. so i did about 50 interviews, and they're listed in the book. but then in the final phase when you're just sitting down and writing, it's great to have both a great library, which harvard's widener library is, and it's also...
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he later worked quietly with bush 43's foreign policy team is and has occasionally given foreign policy advice to the obama white house, especially early in the administration. a few specific examples of a sense of strategy. with the british pound collapsing in 1976 and with secretary of state kissinger and the secretary of the treasure, scowcroft quietly worked out an arrangement for concessions by britain's prime minister callahan's labour government for a $4 billion imf rescue package backed by the united states and supported by germany and france. a great deal of money at the time. and the trick here was the pound was sinking and they had to keep these negotiations secret away from the press so it didn't provoke a further run on the pound. another was scowcroft's advice to president bush early in 1989 that the united states and the soviet union both withdraw their ground forces from central europe. his logic was that nato minus the u.s. would be to the united states' net advantage and would take the initiative away from mikhail gorbachev. although the idea provoked a tourstorm espec
he later worked quietly with bush 43's foreign policy team is and has occasionally given foreign policy advice to the obama white house, especially early in the administration. a few specific examples of a sense of strategy. with the british pound collapsing in 1976 and with secretary of state kissinger and the secretary of the treasure, scowcroft quietly worked out an arrangement for concessions by britain's prime minister callahan's labour government for a $4 billion imf rescue package backed...
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foreign policy. genocide and human rights. his published in the new york times, the london review of books, the nation, the boston review, los angeles times, american historical review and he's a frequent guest on democracy now. his most recent book, which is particularly relevant to us, the end of the myth from the front, front your to the border wall in the bind of america. what we agreed on, give him a big can't. [applause] h.w., stephen and i got together and we happened to be in the green room in a typical american democracy session, there were three of us there so we decided how it would go. by the time craig showed up, he agreed. i'm going to do is just have each of these women speak for about five minutes. the topic that's common that we gave that you read about was democracy foundations. they might speak about that, they might not. we're going to give them each about five minutes. i thought we would open up to questions from the audience. you got to mike's there, hopefully it will be an active group and if not, i will
foreign policy. genocide and human rights. his published in the new york times, the london review of books, the nation, the boston review, los angeles times, american historical review and he's a frequent guest on democracy now. his most recent book, which is particularly relevant to us, the end of the myth from the front, front your to the border wall in the bind of america. what we agreed on, give him a big can't. [applause] h.w., stephen and i got together and we happened to be in the green...
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a strain on civil military relations and, in fact, undermines the -- the conduct of foreign policy and i think, in fact, that's exactly what happened in the withdraw years in vietnam. >> thank you. >> beth -- you mentioned the episode with the girl with the peaches. that was intensely personal and certainly a pivotal experience that he went through while he was over there and fighting in the offensive -- can you talk about that a little bit but also a i'm curious did that come out in one sitting with him? or does it take a long time for that whole story to come out? >> during some of the fighting so we're -- just to back up one moment whereas my book horse soldiers is a wide angled book with afghan points of view went there twice, and a lot of different element it is that were on the ground in '01 in days after 9/11 i just decided to rlg change the appiture so afghanistan it was for mcdill and he's the guy who is always keeping records to read maps and he knows his way aired the world. so to answer -- so -- he. written a vignette as part of his home coming. and mcdull he, they discover
a strain on civil military relations and, in fact, undermines the -- the conduct of foreign policy and i think, in fact, that's exactly what happened in the withdraw years in vietnam. >> thank you. >> beth -- you mentioned the episode with the girl with the peaches. that was intensely personal and certainly a pivotal experience that he went through while he was over there and fighting in the offensive -- can you talk about that a little bit but also a i'm curious did that come out...
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i am working on a project for the foreign policy research institute based in philadelphia. a spend allot of time asking and answering what the role of federal military force is, whether they are u.s. forces or mexican forces should be in the today's border environment and what the correct role should be and what the most advantageous role is for future generations. i have been convicted in my own work of the truth that many of you in this area are familiar with. their is a native tradition in native american culture that says that what you do today affects seven generations in the future. it is not a tradition that is unique to native cultures, of course. the way it is framed is unique. it is something i need a lot about. as many of my friends, and those who are serving in uniform are deployed into far off lands i often wonder what is happening right now on our border that is affecting the next seven generations and where should we be in relation to that. people ask me why i spend a lot of time on the border and while i look into it and why i examine it as a former marine.
i am working on a project for the foreign policy research institute based in philadelphia. a spend allot of time asking and answering what the role of federal military force is, whether they are u.s. forces or mexican forces should be in the today's border environment and what the correct role should be and what the most advantageous role is for future generations. i have been convicted in my own work of the truth that many of you in this area are familiar with. their is a native tradition in...
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be the week before the convention was platform week and the convention delegates were selected for foreign, domestic policy and these were housewives, ministers, religious leaders, military leaders, small businessmen and normal people from all walks of life would get together and they would take testimony from captains of industry and ambassadors and cabinet secretaries and then they would write everyday americans would write these very wonderful dedicated complicated platforms that became the basis for the party in that election year. there was also debate going on and inside the democrat party where we stand on tax policy and the same thing where do we stand on henry kissinger and where we stand on the health safety records and with our position vis-À-vis the soviets -- there's been more debate on the republican side then remains today and more debate on the inside the democrat party has been more unified since 1932 in the republican party has been more divided many times since 1932. >> host: let's hear what our callers have to say. we'll begin with gail in harbor springs, michigan. gai
be the week before the convention was platform week and the convention delegates were selected for foreign, domestic policy and these were housewives, ministers, religious leaders, military leaders, small businessmen and normal people from all walks of life would get together and they would take testimony from captains of industry and ambassadors and cabinet secretaries and then they would write everyday americans would write these very wonderful dedicated complicated platforms that became the...
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policy what is the relationship between these events ithe foreign policy and domestic policy? and i think he argues it is one piece and it makesoense to parate them out. on fact, i just plain disagree. to me, this is a further eight -- bunny conversion of the theory that the united states and the soviet union have become more are becoming like each other. .. he is also serd as director of economics at the ford motor company. professor of economics at the university of california berkley and los angeles, assistant director the federal office of management and budget, a defense analyst at the rand corp., the director of scial studies in the office of the secretary of defense and director of program analys division of the institute of defense analysis. someone with that background is indeed well placed tell us a great dl about what is happened in american history during the reagan era and before. bill is read on many public policy iues. in 1971 bureacracy and representative government is considered a classic. his mt recent book is reflections of a politic economist selected artic
policy what is the relationship between these events ithe foreign policy and domestic policy? and i think he argues it is one piece and it makesoense to parate them out. on fact, i just plain disagree. to me, this is a further eight -- bunny conversion of the theory that the united states and the soviet union have become more are becoming like each other. .. he is also serd as director of economics at the ford motor company. professor of economics at the university of california berkley and los...
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thank you to the pages of reasons why population foreign policy, trade policies, et cetera. an illustration and then i'll quit. an illustration of this, what i'm talking about in general is a new call yesterday on the phone. he had read the book and has im content. even mississippi and he didn't like it. i said well why? because i mentioned certain folks. [laughter] called them something else. but the real reason why he called was that the element clan or the helmand family were what you said. i called his name and i said, you don't know what the you're talking about. you're only 40 years old. you didn't live it. i lived it. and helmand with the great name of ancestry were almost on the dole. we couldn't go and find that for the commodities are the first chart the rules in, we were permitted to join out lying at. but it was to. even for those marginal people. and i think that is what makes this another different. everyone was poor and they felt poor. even dr. mcleod's salary and his son, we went to school. they are having a hard time. people couldn't pay the bills. [applause
thank you to the pages of reasons why population foreign policy, trade policies, et cetera. an illustration and then i'll quit. an illustration of this, what i'm talking about in general is a new call yesterday on the phone. he had read the book and has im content. even mississippi and he didn't like it. i said well why? because i mentioned certain folks. [laughter] called them something else. but the real reason why he called was that the element clan or the helmand family were what you said....
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vanderbilt has to effect for the freelance on the foreign policy the presidential administration by civil strife they had essentially no function for the policies of the did it himself. >> shivers indy 500 khedives and secretary war. he thought he was a great thing. >> i love the irony of vanderbilt as part of what one of the characters of your book calls a mushroom aristocracy. that is a particularly telling commentary. people were just mortified that now family connection really didn't have anything to do with the position in society any more because people like vanderbilt and their enormous wealth and so for the longest time he was sustained. and he was kind of a rauf individual any way at times. but now of course the vanderbilt name in america is the name of old money aristocracy. so, anderson cooper on cnn is probably the most famous vanderbilt in the public eye today. the name still resonates. >> it's interesting because this is another part of the story that i try to bridge through the book. his personal family, and also the social standing and the way that reflected this change. v
vanderbilt has to effect for the freelance on the foreign policy the presidential administration by civil strife they had essentially no function for the policies of the did it himself. >> shivers indy 500 khedives and secretary war. he thought he was a great thing. >> i love the irony of vanderbilt as part of what one of the characters of your book calls a mushroom aristocracy. that is a particularly telling commentary. people were just mortified that now family connection really...
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foreign policy, it's hard. to move a ship and move it to the right direction in foreign policy takes a long time, so you need to develop policies that you may have adjustments between administrations but you will not see major differences that people worry about on foreign policy. there has to be something sustainable if we are actually -- if america is going to continue to be effective on the international stage, we have to be a trusted and relied upon ally because we are predictable in how we will work and where we want to move in the future. so with that, looking forward to whatever questions you may have. it's great to be at kei, thank you. >> we will start with trade, i think. the prime minister of singapore suggested that u.s. credibility and dependentability with t.t. p. neither candidate can support it. >> first of all, general observation about -- >> surrogates this afternoon from the clinton and trump campaigns talking about candidates views on east asia policy for the future. we will work to get the
foreign policy, it's hard. to move a ship and move it to the right direction in foreign policy takes a long time, so you need to develop policies that you may have adjustments between administrations but you will not see major differences that people worry about on foreign policy. there has to be something sustainable if we are actually -- if america is going to continue to be effective on the international stage, we have to be a trusted and relied upon ally because we are predictable in how we...
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the effects of our foreign policy has on us domestically. the dod recently requested a budget in excess of $1 trillion. how is this going to affect our economy and if we slim this down how will this policy-- positively affect us? >> host: amity shlaes let's start with you and then then the maker. guess delicti chartered defense spending in kobach to world war ii you will see we are nowhere near up to that in the pentagon always ask for lots of money but you want to see what they get and where it fits in the size of the economy and it is a surprisingly small amount. i remember a few years ago writing about the fence. 3%, 4%, 5%@ h7 2010 and went before% of gdp instead it is five. the difference is 350 billion the year so that is not a chump change. we are curious about this so we contracted with global, one of the alvis forecasting firms in the country who said show us what does your models show the impact would be of prolonged increase in defense spending? weise said 2.5% of gdp. leagis said 1% of gdp in their models showed in the long run t
the effects of our foreign policy has on us domestically. the dod recently requested a budget in excess of $1 trillion. how is this going to affect our economy and if we slim this down how will this policy-- positively affect us? >> host: amity shlaes let's start with you and then then the maker. guess delicti chartered defense spending in kobach to world war ii you will see we are nowhere near up to that in the pentagon always ask for lots of money but you want to see what they get and...
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foreign policy. a historian by trading -- by training and proud of it, he is the author of a book on u.s. foreign policy called "a dangerous nation." it is eight two-volume series on the history of american foreign policy. he is the author of another series of best-selling books. mike, why do you not give us a reprise of your argument of the defense budget? >> it is a treat for me to have alice and all part of the panel. thank you for being here is so close to christmas. thank you, c-span, for being here. some may confuse this for "how the grinch stole part of the defense budget." we hope or i hope that the ultimate goal will be to shore up american and national security by contributed into deficit reduction. that is the basic spirit by which i understood this exercise, which was to investigate the proportion a cutting and the defense budget. defense doing its fair share to reduce the deficit, inspired in part by the commissions that alice was working on and by other scholars who have argued for some
foreign policy. a historian by trading -- by training and proud of it, he is the author of a book on u.s. foreign policy called "a dangerous nation." it is eight two-volume series on the history of american foreign policy. he is the author of another series of best-selling books. mike, why do you not give us a reprise of your argument of the defense budget? >> it is a treat for me to have alice and all part of the panel. thank you for being here is so close to christmas. thank...
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the supreme court explained that only the federal government gets to have a foreign policy. the problem of states regulating immigration is the enormous foreign policy consequences for the united states. the law that was struck down in this case has many characteristics similar to sb1070. for example, pennsylvania state police to stop people to see if they have papers that show they are legally in the united states. it was declared unconstitutional. the federal judge in arizona struck down the injunction of sb1070 relying an that case and quoting what i did. the case was argued in the 9th circuit in november. the 9th circuit will affirm the court, and it's the notion that states can't have foreign policy, its own immigration policy. i think the court needs to be detailed about those who are passionate about the state, but the state can't regulate in this area. that's the unique role of the federal government. >> on the subject of foreign policy and what the federal government can do, another part of your book focuses on questions of executive power which is something that th
the supreme court explained that only the federal government gets to have a foreign policy. the problem of states regulating immigration is the enormous foreign policy consequences for the united states. the law that was struck down in this case has many characteristics similar to sb1070. for example, pennsylvania state police to stop people to see if they have papers that show they are legally in the united states. it was declared unconstitutional. the federal judge in arizona struck down the...
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this writing has appeared in the "los angeles times," foreign policy and the atlantic, robert earn a batch already'sing rethe philosophy from the university of quick a law degree from hard vair law. this stories have end in the "new york times" magazine, rolling stone, and esquire -- and i'm very jealous, the author overshade his new book is rocket men, the daring odyssey of apoll yeah 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon and we have karen piper, professor of literature at the university of missouri and teaches contemporary world fiction and climbed change fiction, women in war, literary journalism and writing memoir. received the syria nature -- sierra nature book. he latest book, a girl's guide to missiled, greg up in america's secret deserts. so in case some of you aren't familiar with these title i want to start off by asking each author to tell us very quickly but what they're most recent book is about, and the way i do that as an author is i prepare what is called an elevator pitch. is this is me question to each of you starting with sam: pretend you ju
this writing has appeared in the "los angeles times," foreign policy and the atlantic, robert earn a batch already'sing rethe philosophy from the university of quick a law degree from hard vair law. this stories have end in the "new york times" magazine, rolling stone, and esquire -- and i'm very jealous, the author overshade his new book is rocket men, the daring odyssey of apoll yeah 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon and we have karen piper,...
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foreign policy, our economic policy, our health care policy, our education policy. and unless and until we get conservatives in office, and i would strongly encourage women to get involved, we will not change that, and that's the reality of where we are in this country. i'll just finish where i began, and that is that we have a steep mountain to climb, a lot of challenges ahead of us. but by embracing our conservativism, standing up for and not running away from, sharon parr message with all americans, we will lead this great nation into a brighter, better future for our kids and for our grandkids. god bless you all. thanks to come today and may god bless the greatest nation, the united states of america. thank you so much. [applause] >> she does inspire, doesn't she? wonderful. i'm so glad you're here. you're fighting the fight in washington, and i do want you to be a career politician, but i hope someday that you go back there. spent believe me -- it's crossed my mind. >> good. we have a couple ladies. she comes back and helps at christmastime. gene oh, has the ot
foreign policy, our economic policy, our health care policy, our education policy. and unless and until we get conservatives in office, and i would strongly encourage women to get involved, we will not change that, and that's the reality of where we are in this country. i'll just finish where i began, and that is that we have a steep mountain to climb, a lot of challenges ahead of us. but by embracing our conservativism, standing up for and not running away from, sharon parr message with all...
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on the other hand i don't think this is the most constructive way of developing foreign policy. everyone agrees iran should not have nuclear weapons. the question is how to get there? i don't think these 47 senators will undermining the present is constructive foreign policy. >> host: joe is in pittsburgh. joe you are on booktv. >> caller: hello? did you hear me? >> host: we are listening. please go ahead. >> caller: my question is in reference to the justices. i'm more fascinated by the lawyers who defended dred scott. to me these two guys are the most interesting guys in the supreme court. [inaudible] the case not only involved him but it involved his wife and his children. i would like to know if you are familiar with this appeal? >> guest: i am familiar with them and it's always interesting on who argued the case of the background. let me add something to your question that huber the justices? miniature member the majority of the justices set on the court when the dred scott case came down had been slaveowners. some of them were still slaveowners. i would expect them to tran
on the other hand i don't think this is the most constructive way of developing foreign policy. everyone agrees iran should not have nuclear weapons. the question is how to get there? i don't think these 47 senators will undermining the present is constructive foreign policy. >> host: joe is in pittsburgh. joe you are on booktv. >> caller: hello? did you hear me? >> host: we are listening. please go ahead. >> caller: my question is in reference to the justices. i'm more...
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that was born in the battlefields of afghanistan thanks to american foreign policy. so all of those things are correct. that said, let's not bog ourselves down in kind of moral equivalency arguments. there is no moral equivalency between a group like isis which is slaughtering men, women and children, crucifying people, cutting off heads, really taking part in what can only be described as ethnic cleansing of the shia in iraq. i mean, the genocide is what they are taking part in with even the worst extremists in israel or the worst extremists in the united states. sure, the religious sentiment hay be the same, but let's be -- may be the same, but let's be careful about the way we ascribe any kind of moral equivalency when it comes to action. >> host: tom lindo, tucson, ads. e-mail: what is your advise on how to respond to or deal with the jihadists as you describe them? >> guest: so as i say, it's a two-pronged attack. number one, understand that there are very real, legitimate differences that these groups have is and that they use to draw people to their side. addr
that was born in the battlefields of afghanistan thanks to american foreign policy. so all of those things are correct. that said, let's not bog ourselves down in kind of moral equivalency arguments. there is no moral equivalency between a group like isis which is slaughtering men, women and children, crucifying people, cutting off heads, really taking part in what can only be described as ethnic cleansing of the shia in iraq. i mean, the genocide is what they are taking part in with even the...
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i'm working on a project for the foreign policy research institute which is based in philadelphia researching northern mexico and i spent a lot of time asking and answering myself what the role of the federal military forces that they are u.s. forces or mexican forces that should be into this border environment and what the correct role should be and with the most advantageous role is for future generations. i've been convicted in my own work of the truth that many of you in this area are familiar with. there is a native tradition in native american culture that says that what you do@@@ @ a and security may not matter as much as those that are happening right in our own backyard. i care about this place because this is our home and where the next seven generations of americans and mexicans of north americans will live and that's why i'm here to talk about. thanks very much for having me. [applause] thank you, david. our second panel is margaret. she holds a bachelor's degree from the university of pennsylvania. she studied french in paris and spanish in guatemala. her travels have taken her t
i'm working on a project for the foreign policy research institute which is based in philadelphia researching northern mexico and i spent a lot of time asking and answering myself what the role of the federal military forces that they are u.s. forces or mexican forces that should be into this border environment and what the correct role should be and with the most advantageous role is for future generations. i've been convicted in my own work of the truth that many of you in this area are...
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he worked in foreign policy magazine, life magazine, 60 minutes, abc news primetime, etc. we are talking about his newest book, "the fight of his life: the inside story of joe biden's white house." phone numbers are on the screen. 202 is the area code for all numbers. (202) 748-8000 four democrats. we will begin taking your calls in just a few minutes. if you want to text a message in, you can do so. 202-748-8903. include your first name and city if you will text a message. two years in, how was the biden administration doing. >> it has been a journey and evolution. joe biden is a much better president today than he was in late 2021. i was there at the white house the weekend that joe biden flew to europe to the climate conference in glasgow empty-handed while the build back better bill and bipartisan infrastructure bills were twisting in the wind. some people thought his presidency was in jeopardy. ron klain was on the verge of resigning. he decided to stay. he's come a long way since. i think he was uniquely prepared to rally nato in defense of ukraine and western democr
he worked in foreign policy magazine, life magazine, 60 minutes, abc news primetime, etc. we are talking about his newest book, "the fight of his life: the inside story of joe biden's white house." phone numbers are on the screen. 202 is the area code for all numbers. (202) 748-8000 four democrats. we will begin taking your calls in just a few minutes. if you want to text a message in, you can do so. 202-748-8903. include your first name and city if you will text a message. two years...
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policy issue ranking member, and the former chairman and ranking member who know more about foreign policy than any other democrat in this body both oppose thet deal. we'en so on a strong bipartisan groupte we think we can do better. bill just like the 200 times we have sent agreements back. clo when a vote comes before the united states senate we have c these rules a rule that says there is a closure vote and what culture means is it says okay we need we've heard enough aboutt we've this, we believe it's time to take a vote. i just heard the senator from illinois say we have been talking about this way too longea and it's time to move beyond it, he left out a minor detail and that is it takes 60 members of members the united states senate to say we've heard enough about it, time to vote. what is happening is we have 42 members, all of one party that are in the minority, 42 senators that are saying no we are not going to allow this to move to a final vote. we are not going to do it. now we know it's not about t debate as a matter fact the second-highest officer in theeat democratic
policy issue ranking member, and the former chairman and ranking member who know more about foreign policy than any other democrat in this body both oppose thet deal. we'en so on a strong bipartisan groupte we think we can do better. bill just like the 200 times we have sent agreements back. clo when a vote comes before the united states senate we have c these rules a rule that says there is a closure vote and what culture means is it says okay we need we've heard enough aboutt we've this, we...
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i'm working on a project for the foreign policy research institute which is based in philadelphia researching northern mexico and i spent a lot of time asking and answering myself what the role of the federal military forces that they are u.s. forces or mexican forces that should be into this border environment and what the correct role should be and with the most advantageous role is for future generations. i've been convicted in my own work of the truth that many of you in this area are familiar with. there is a native tradition in native american culture that says that what you do today affects seven generations in the future and it's not a tradition that's unique to native cultures of course but the way that it's framed in terms of the seven generations is unique. it's something i think a lot about because as are many of my friends and those serving in uniform are deployed in too far off land i often wonder what's happening right now on our border that's affecting the next seven generations and where should we be in relation to that and in position to that? people ask me why i spend a lot
i'm working on a project for the foreign policy research institute which is based in philadelphia researching northern mexico and i spent a lot of time asking and answering myself what the role of the federal military forces that they are u.s. forces or mexican forces that should be into this border environment and what the correct role should be and with the most advantageous role is for future generations. i've been convicted in my own work of the truth that many of you in this area are...
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that is a foreign policy befitting of a. it is consistent with the model set 50 years ago by dwight eisenhower. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. we now have time for about 20 minutes of questions from the audience. let me outline a few ground rules. first of all, would you raise your hand if you have a question. wait for me to call on you. also wait for the microphone so that we can hear your question, and then there is the jeopardy rule. please make sure that it is in the form of a question, not a speech. and we try to gep this as brief as possible. and also please indicate if your question is directed to just one panel member, or if it is a general question for the entire panel. so with those ruined lu-- fine words, we're ready to begin. >> there we go. this is only a sentence, so i hope i don't get sent out to the hall for one sentence. what a fabulous set of presentations today, period. now, here's my question. chris, you raised a very interesting notion that the concept of military industrial co
that is a foreign policy befitting of a. it is consistent with the model set 50 years ago by dwight eisenhower. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. we now have time for about 20 minutes of questions from the audience. let me outline a few ground rules. first of all, would you raise your hand if you have a question. wait for me to call on you. also wait for the microphone so that we can hear your question, and then there is the jeopardy rule. please make sure that it...
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foreign policy and the iraq war. he has written a dance of lee about barack and michelle obama and has cover campaigns and policy debates across the country. erie main supposed contributor. he he has an undergraduate degree from princetonions and ad from oxford. please join me in welcoming our guests. [applause].on t >> and since we're here to discuss powerful women of washington, we will will start our remarks with a comment on that theme. can you describe the source of your sub checked power and how they have employed it to the best of their advantage.bination >> i think my subjects ruth bader ginsburg and sandra day o'connor, who were born o'connor in 1930 and ginsburg in 1932, devry their power from a combination of social change that happened around them as they reach their maturity. and good fortune and what was most interest to me, their 195 characters. th hundreds of thousands of women went to college in the 1950s and hundreds if not thousands of women went to law school in those years. but only they made it
foreign policy and the iraq war. he has written a dance of lee about barack and michelle obama and has cover campaigns and policy debates across the country. erie main supposed contributor. he he has an undergraduate degree from princetonions and ad from oxford. please join me in welcoming our guests. [applause].on t >> and since we're here to discuss powerful women of washington, we will will start our remarks with a comment on that theme. can you describe the source of your sub checked...
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. >> i would simply add that members, particularly freshman know more about economics than foreign policy but it's a different problem. in terms of economics, they don't know, most of them don't know the feeling, they don't know the end of knowledge, the idea of economics they run their business, they from their family households this is the way we did in my house and my town, why can't we do this the same way? is that an extensive sophisticated knowledge of economics? no but they come in with some instincts and some opinions may be the are right or wrong, but they have ideas on the economics said the come out on the foreign policy and they are just absolutely blank slates they don't want to talk about jobs and spending and things like that. >> before we pick on the freshman the didn't create this problem. the came as a result of the problems created by the predecessors. so in the one sense they're focusing on an issue that hasn't been focused on for a long time. it may not be policy wonks at this time, but they are reflecting a constituency that recognizes something is very wrong in the
. >> i would simply add that members, particularly freshman know more about economics than foreign policy but it's a different problem. in terms of economics, they don't know, most of them don't know the feeling, they don't know the end of knowledge, the idea of economics they run their business, they from their family households this is the way we did in my house and my town, why can't we do this the same way? is that an extensive sophisticated knowledge of economics? no but they come in...
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obviously the president conducts foreign policy, but if there is an enormous foreign policy issue that arises in the next couple of years, what is the tea party's position? what is the tea party's position on afghanistan right now? they have been extremely focused on budget, and not as much on the entire spectrum of issues that face government leaders. >> i want to disagree a little bit with that. and people tend to think of the tea party as focus on fiscal issues. that is really what brought people together. but because of my background and leadership i always found out that there will be one thing -- how many of you are in relationships? right, and when you are in a fight with somebody in a relationship, it always starts with a surface issue. what you have to do is dig deep to find out the real issue, the one we do not want to talk about. that is what happened with the tea party movement. we started with the monetary issue, but the more we work together, the more we found out it was a deeper issue in our country. the deeper issues we have in our country is one word, and it is corrupt
obviously the president conducts foreign policy, but if there is an enormous foreign policy issue that arises in the next couple of years, what is the tea party's position? what is the tea party's position on afghanistan right now? they have been extremely focused on budget, and not as much on the entire spectrum of issues that face government leaders. >> i want to disagree a little bit with that. and people tend to think of the tea party as focus on fiscal issues. that is really what...
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the occupy came to power and change the effect of foreign policy not in the direction that we would hope for example coming closer to iran closer to sudan closer to hamas and developing a relationship with israel. that was not what many had hoped and only when the government started to put pressure on the secularists of turkey we have seen the demonstrations. why am i saying that i am hopeful? i am hopeful because the other generations in turkey have understood that the path for a new turkey should be to accept muslim/democrat but anytime there is attempt to take away some of their freedoms. turkey is moving forward like in tunisia towards more resistance by the secularists pluralism and democracy. >> host: we are down to our last few seconds. we are closing on a hopeful note about the region. the last thing, do you also feel hopeful about u.s. policy which has so disappointed you to this point? >> guest: it has disappointed me. my call to congress first is to be more engaging and thinking about foreign policy but i still have that call for demonstration. listen to other advisers. listen
the occupy came to power and change the effect of foreign policy not in the direction that we would hope for example coming closer to iran closer to sudan closer to hamas and developing a relationship with israel. that was not what many had hoped and only when the government started to put pressure on the secularists of turkey we have seen the demonstrations. why am i saying that i am hopeful? i am hopeful because the other generations in turkey have understood that the path for a new turkey...
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one was president obama gave a speech on foreign policy and the fight against terrorism right after bakersfield happened. and that was a sunday night, monday morning, monday afternoon, early afternoon. everybody's talking about the obama speech, i have one of those rare days where i can go get lunch. it's december 7, 2015, and if that date rings a bell, it's not just pearl harbor day, it's the day donald trump announced he wanted a muslim ban. >> yep. >> so suddenly the news coverage was now all about donald trump. he succeeded in pulling it back towards him. one of the other examples that looms large in my mind is the middle of the summer in 2016 during the democratic national convention. usually the other candidate who's not having their convention takes a few days off and lets that candidate have their couple days and plans on a strategy for the general election. it's just kind of tradition. it's the way you do -- >> but at that point you should have known that donald trump -- >> yeah, you knew he was going to come out. so he has a press conference on july 27, 2016 x. this is in the middle o
one was president obama gave a speech on foreign policy and the fight against terrorism right after bakersfield happened. and that was a sunday night, monday morning, monday afternoon, early afternoon. everybody's talking about the obama speech, i have one of those rare days where i can go get lunch. it's december 7, 2015, and if that date rings a bell, it's not just pearl harbor day, it's the day donald trump announced he wanted a muslim ban. >> yep. >> so suddenly the news...
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play critical role in securing the border and turning out smart, effective immigration and foreign policy. i.c.e. consists of three operational progress. enforcement, homeland security investigations, and the office of the principal legal advisor. hs i investigate a wide range of crimes that arise in a ligament in a people and goods into come within and out of the nest is. in his will as a program that identifies apprehends, detains and removes the and subject to removal from the united states the person to the privatized enforcement principles. i have been a federal law enforcement officer for 29 years. 27 of which have been spent in immigration enforcement. over the years i've seen and worked the entire lifecycle of immigration enforcement. i have served on the front lines of the borders agent to i tackled smuggling organizations. and now focus on smart enforcement at the backend process, that being removed daily and estates. over the past four years i.c.e. has focused reef forces -- resources. those breweries include people who are threat to national security and public safety. such as
play critical role in securing the border and turning out smart, effective immigration and foreign policy. i.c.e. consists of three operational progress. enforcement, homeland security investigations, and the office of the principal legal advisor. hs i investigate a wide range of crimes that arise in a ligament in a people and goods into come within and out of the nest is. in his will as a program that identifies apprehends, detains and removes the and subject to removal from the united states...
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work of cia and other intelligence agencies are in terms of protecting us nationally and protecting foreign-policy. >> thank you for calling and we look at those fiction authors and 2018 a full year of fiction authors and we look at those as we go. shall be for it was one of the authors who appeared 2001 and in facted we visited his home in memphis. >> you also use that plan that we talked about before. >> it used to be in the post office and i found a bunch on the shop that was on 44th street and i bought myself a lifetime supply it doesn't take inc. the way it used to. >> what is this i have in my hand? that is a manuscript for shiloh and at the end of each day i have the final collective draft and then type it up. >>'s is the original or a copy? and the day by making the final copy. >> up on the shelf how many other original? >>. >> any idea how valuable those are? what you do with them? >> leave them to my son. >> and on the back of your desk? >> is a confederate scout robert e. lee. >> that was one of her favorites? >> absolutely. >> he is an irish immigrant and i was interested to note there
work of cia and other intelligence agencies are in terms of protecting us nationally and protecting foreign-policy. >> thank you for calling and we look at those fiction authors and 2018 a full year of fiction authors and we look at those as we go. shall be for it was one of the authors who appeared 2001 and in facted we visited his home in memphis. >> you also use that plan that we talked about before. >> it used to be in the post office and i found a bunch on the shop that...
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in checking your foreign policy pursued back thank you for calling in. we will look at some of those fiction authors that we did, i believe it was in 2018, that we did a full year of fiction authors purdue look at some of those as we go. if you can't get on the phone lines into text in your message or social media at your message, text number 202748, 8903. please include your first name and your city. and just remember @booktv is or handle for facebook, twitter, an instagram. shelby phone was one of the authors who appeared in 2001. in fact we visited his home in memphis. e>> on that desk there you use that pen we talked about before. >> that is the kind that used to be imposed offices. and absolute nightmare. but it's an odd thing to do. i don't worry about that. i was lucky, i found a whole bunch of dusty old stationary shop just down. and i bought myself a lifetime supply. >> what kind of paper to write on? >> that is a big problem. i don't type right paper. it doesn't have ink the weight used to. >> what is this i have in my hand? >> that is the menu
in checking your foreign policy pursued back thank you for calling in. we will look at some of those fiction authors that we did, i believe it was in 2018, that we did a full year of fiction authors purdue look at some of those as we go. if you can't get on the phone lines into text in your message or social media at your message, text number 202748, 8903. please include your first name and your city. and just remember @booktv is or handle for facebook, twitter, an instagram. shelby phone was...
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. >> inner foreign policy. >> thank you for calling and we will look at those fiction authors that we did i believe in 2018 that we dutifully are fiction authors and we will look at some of those as we go if you cannot get through on the phone line and you want to text your message or social media your message (202)748-8903, please include your first name and your city and just remember @booktv is or handle for facebook, twitter an instagram. shelby foote was one of the authors that appeared in 2001 and in fact we visited his home in memphis. >> on that deck we talked about that before. >> that's the kind that was in post offices and it's an absolute nightmare, it's an odd thing to do i was lucky i found a whole bunch of points a shop that used to be on 44th street and i bought myself a lifetime supply. >> what kind of paper would you write on. >> that is a big problem i don't type on a lot of paper and is not the way used to be. i have a problem with paper. >> with this i have in mind. >> misdemeanor scripture shiloh and at the end of each day i read the final corrected draft and put
. >> inner foreign policy. >> thank you for calling and we will look at those fiction authors that we did i believe in 2018 that we dutifully are fiction authors and we will look at some of those as we go if you cannot get through on the phone line and you want to text your message or social media your message (202)748-8903, please include your first name and your city and just remember @booktv is or handle for facebook, twitter an instagram. shelby foote was one of the authors that...
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be the week before the convention was platform week and the convention delegates were selected for foreign, domestic policy and these were housewives, ministers, religious leaders, military leaders, small businessmen and normal people from all walks of life would get together and they would take testimony from captains of industry and ambassadors and cabinet secretaries and then they would write everyday americans would write these very wonderful dedicated complicated platforms that became the basis for the party in that election year. there was also debate going on and inside the democrat party where we stand on tax policy and the same thing where do we stand on henry kissinger and where we stand on the health safety records and with our position vis-À-vis the soviets -- there's been more debate on the republican side then remains today and more debate on the inside the democrat party has been more unified since 1932 in the republican party has been more divided many times since 1932. >> host: let's hear what our callers have to say. we'll begin with gail in harbor springs, michigan. gai
be the week before the convention was platform week and the convention delegates were selected for foreign, domestic policy and these were housewives, ministers, religious leaders, military leaders, small businessmen and normal people from all walks of life would get together and they would take testimony from captains of industry and ambassadors and cabinet secretaries and then they would write everyday americans would write these very wonderful dedicated complicated platforms that became the...